rewind, fifth to grade, i elementary school in long beach california, where i was born and raised. susan was sitting next me. her father had just been transferred from new york for his next job. she looked at me and said, do you want to play tennis? i looked at her and said, what is tennis? i said, what do you do? she said, you get to run, and you get to jump, and you get to hit the ball. i said, those are my three most favorite things in sports. i will try it. let's go. we go over to her country club and reply. i came home. i had fun and i thought, and guess i will get to play it susan takes me to the club. at softball practice, our coach -- susan said, billie jean king and played tennis. our coach said, they give free coaching here every week at the park. i heard the word free and thought, there might be an opportunity for me to play more. so i go out, and i am on the court with clive barker. i will never forget this day as long as i live, because of the end of the day, i knew what i wanted to do with my life. i wanted to be the number-one tennis player in the world. done. my poo